IT Swift Technology - Software Engineer

About This Role

This engineering role is for a hands-on Level 3 engineer who wants to own mission-critical technology end to end, building Swift integration, APIs and automation, administering the SAA / SAG / HSM estate, and hardening sanctions screening and Swift Customer Security Programme controls. The Tokyo Swift Technology team is part of Wholesale IT and manages Nomura’s connectivity to the Swift network and the sanctions screening platforms that protect every payment the firm makes. The systems carry cross-border and domestic payment flow for Global Markets, Operations and Cash Management every day, across multiple regions and regulatory jurisdictions, with zero tolerance for downtime.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain Swift integration solutions for cross-border and domestic payments
• Build and maintain Swift interfaces, middleware and APIs for message transformation and routing
• Develop automation tooling for message validation, monitoring and operational support
• Build and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for Swift infrastructure deployments
• Configure and administer Swift Alliance Access (SAA), Swift Alliance Gateway (SAG) and Hardware Security Modules (HSM)
• Deploy and support Swift environments across production and disaster recovery data centres
• Manage message queues, routing rules and interface configurations
• Drive Swift upgrades, migrations and performance monitoring
• Implement and maintain real-time sanctions screening of inbound and outbound Swift messages against major sanctions lists
• Build and maintain integration between Swift infrastructure and sanctions screening platforms
• Configure alert workflows, blocking / non-blocking modes and exception handling processes
• Drive false positive reduction and automated case handling for sanctions alerts
• Implement and maintain Swift Customer Security Programme (CSP) controls
• Manage HSM operations for secure key management and encryption
• Support security audits and regulatory compliance activities
• Ensure secure transmission protocols and data protection measures
• Provide Level 3 support for Swift infrastructure and messaging issues
• Perform root-cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions
• Monitor system performance, connectivity and message delivery
• Lead incident response and safeguard high availability of Swift services

Requirements

• Business Level Japanese or Business Level English
• Strong communication skills to work effectively with IT and non-IT stakeholders
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python or similar languages
• Experience building REST / SOAP APIs and microservices